12.2 Flashcards

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What did North Africa have and who ruled it?

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Had enormous Sahara desert; under control of Ottoman Empire

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What was Africa like in the early 1800’s?

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There were many languages and varied governments, plus many people were fighting for Africa (Europeans)

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Who revolted in West Africa to run out European rulers?

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The Fulani people for Islamic culture returning

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Denounced the corruption of European rulers. Wanted religious and social reform on Islamic laws; inspired people to rise up

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Usman Dan Fodis

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Sharia

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Islamic laws

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What did Usman set up?

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Powerful state in northern Nigeria

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What did Usman improve?

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Wars, and trade

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Tried with Europeans and Muslims; ruled states

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The Asante

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What did the states of the Asante want to do?

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Defeat the Asante

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What did the Islamic acquired from their improved trade?

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They got guns and cloth, in exchange for inform and copper

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What was the most common thing traded?

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Slaves

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Ran South Africa; ruled by Shaka

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Zulu kingdom

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Man that ruled Zulu kingdom, waged war and recruited people from his defeated rival

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Shaka

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New powerful group of Zulu; descendants of Duran farmers

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Boers

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What did Shaka’s wars increase?

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Wars and migration

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Dutch farmers moving north to live their way

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The Great Trek

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How did the boers best the Zulus ?

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What did Africans want to do with Europeans?

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Trade with them but not house them

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What initially stopped Europeans from trading?

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Geography and disease

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What fixed the trading problems with Europeans?

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Medicine and the steam boat

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What did the Protestants and Catholics do in Africa ?

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They followed explorers into Africa to covert people to Christianity, they built churches and medical clinics, and treated Africa’s people as misguided children

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Treating people like they don’t know what they’re doing

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Paternalistic

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Best know explorer and missionary ; believed the end to the slave trade was with christianity and trade

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Dr. David Livingstone

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Found Livingstone

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Henry Stanley

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Hired Stanley to explore the Congo River and arrange trade treaties with African leaders
King Leopoldo II
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What was King Leopold's real mission?
To gain profit
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How did Europeans avoid war over Africa?
They met at a conference in 1884 with no Africans
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How could Europeans gain land in Africa?
Only if they had a government set up and officials control their land
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Who gained Congo for the goods?
Belgians and Leopold
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Lasted from 1899 through 1902; boers and Brits fought for land in the south
Boer war
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What happened after the boer war?
A constitution and segregation